No Easy Race

Hengel Katherine Hengel

Description

Themes: Sports, Urban Teens, Track, Running, Fiction, Chapter Book, Teen, Young Adult, Emergent Reader, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Central Avenue was close now. Victor knew he had to dig in. There was a place deep inside him. It's where his speed came from. He didn't understand it. But he trusted it. He finished one-step ahead of Marcos. Finding the "right book" for struggling learners is essential to build both confidence and proficiency. Reading supports must be seamless, so that struggling readers are not stigmatized. The District 13 series does just that--written using carefully chosen vocabulary and simple sentences, the novels offer compelling teen stories about characters that interest young adult readers. Using sports as a backdrop, these edgy and mature titles confront issues that are of great importance to urban teens, especially teenaged boys: Coming of age, dating, fitting in, friendships, drugs, self-esteem, and school. Straightforward plots move readers through the 48-pages of text quickly and efficiently with satisfying resolutions.

Informations

• Publié par: Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Date de parution: 23 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781602919471
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

NO EASY RACE

Katherine Hengel

Beore the Snap

Down and Out

Fighting the Legend

The Handof

Hit Just Right

Line Up

No Easy Race

A Second Shot

Taking Control

Wings

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ISBN: 9781616512774 eBook: 9781602919471

Printed in the Malaysia

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Victor smiled. He won the race! He

always did. “Ivan, you’re getting

faster!” he joked.

Ivan tried to catch his breath. His

hands were on his knees. “You really think so?” he joked back. “Yes! You were close! Wasn’t he, Carlos?” Carlos shook his head. He bounced a soccer ball on his knee.

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“Too bad you can’t handle a soccer

ball, Victor. Such a waste of speed.”

“I use my speed,” Victor said.

“When the ladies chase me!”

“You got the looks, Victor. I’ll give

you that,” Ivan said. He was still

panting. “But not the brains.”

Victor stopped smiling. That was

low. Ivan knew it. Victor grabbed the

soccer ball from Carlos. He threw

it at Ivan. Ivan turned quickly. The

ball hit his hip and rolled away.

It was hot in the park. The

September sun was strong. Victor

walked to the shade. Carlos joined

him. Ivan walked to the soccer ball.

Carlos lit a smoke. He passed it

to Victor. Carlos always shared.

Ivan returned with the ball.

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